0:57 Revenge with a Vengeance 3:24 Chasing the Wind 6:49 Rules of Nature 11:44 Dark Skies 15:26 I'm My Own Master Now 17:40 A Stranger I Remain 22:46 Return to Ashes 25:34 The Stains of Time 28:34 Mystical Ninja 34:31 Red Sun 37:04 The Only Thing I Know For Real 41:13 A Soul Can't Be Cut 44:08 Collective Consciousness 48:26 It Has To Be This Way 52:09 The Hot Wind Blowing 56:41 The War Still Rages Within 1:01:58 Staff Roll

Fun Fact: Jamie Christopherson (who made the ost) had never made a complete heavy metal composition before this game.

For someone who apparently never worked on a metal OST before, Jamie Christopherson had a pretty amazing start with MGR. I love how the lyrics of the boss themes are there to tell you more about their character, as they don’t really get fleshed out ingame other than Sam.

What I've learned: Raiden's true character growth was learning how to change his car's color

I find it absolutely hilarious seeing an entire chat just spamming "LET YOUR COUNTRY CONTROL YOUR SOUL" and we all just nod and sing along.

This soundtrack is absolutely insane because you actually learn about the bosses more from the lyrics than you do the game

Fun fact since the vocals in metal gear rising come in at emotional climaxes it could be considered a musical

I love how he instantly picks up that the rift in the Hot Wind Blowing is the same as Collective Consciousness. Really goes to show he understands music

For those of you who don't know, he picks the OSTs based on total superchat donations which are listed in a Google Spreadsheet linked in the description. Then, everybody votes on the top 5. If you want him to listen to an OST, that's how it'll happen. Upcoming ones are Mother 1, FF7 Remake, Risk of Rain 2 w/ its DLC, Ace Combat 7, and Persona 5 Strikers & Scramble in no particular order. You can vote in his community posts.

fun fact Collective consciousness fits 1:1 with All I Want For Christmas edit: this is doing a lot better than I thought it would

each songs lyrics in MGR tells a story about the character, and some internal struggle they are dealing with. Mistral has never felt like she belonged, Monsoon is a nihilist, Sundowner is a warmonger who only functions in the fight, Samuel is torn between fighting and giving in, bladewolf is fighting with the fact he's "chained" by him being an AI under the control of someone. Also, "It has to be this way" is a mix of raiden and armstrong's struggles. "I've carved my own path, you followed your wrath" could be from either POV because of the senator's brutal ways, but also because of Jack the Ripper existing.

Fun fact: All the main cyborg antagonists in this game have references to wind in their names or themes. Monsoon- a type of seasonal thunderstorm in desert areas Mistral- a type of cold northwesterly wind that blows down from France to the Mediterranean Sundowner- in his theme it refers to desert updrafts that birds of prey use to glide Jetstream Sam- the jet stream is a stable fast moving air current that persists blowing across the continental United States

Can I just say thank you for doing THE ENTIRE soundtrack. The vocal boss ones overshadow everything, some people don't even know what I'm talking about when I say my favorite song from the game is Dark Skies. The game has so much more to offer and hearing somebody who actually knows about music and give more technical explanations about its nuances is refreshing! Also the reason The only Thing I know for real is #2 in the release but 11 in Herr is because you fight the boss it belongs to at the beginning of the game with the instrumental playing, but you get the full glorious vocal package with the solo in the second to last boss of the game

25:35 Me Hearing "Stains of Time" for the first time 26:26 when Monsoon Jumped down and the Lyrics Kicked in thats the Moment i fell in love with this Game Metal Gear Rising is a Game Everyone should alteast play once. It is Truly a Masterpiece

Watching Dan really is fascinating, because he's one of the only music people I watch who are visually just as expressive as the music he listens to. It's also really funny, watching chat devolve into memes and song lyrics; it really is the perfect display of mankind's duality

Jamie Christopherson also made the Toontown Online soundtrack. The range is insane.

Man it's always so refreshing to see a live chat sing the lyrics to a metal gear rising song.

I think it's fitting that "It Has To Be This Way" is so key variable given the fight with armstrong was all over the place emotionally but not really disorganized

Honestly one of the best soundtracks i've ever heard

39:30 it’s track number 2 because the instrumental version plays very early into the beginning of the game when you fight the boss for a guaranteed loss. You hear it with vocals closer to the end of the game where you fight the boss again.

Wow, I can't believe he did the whole ost from beginning to end.

The only thing I know for real is listed as track 2 because there's an early game "boss fight" (you're scripted to be forced to lose) where the instrumental version plays. You fight the same boss later in the game for real, and that's where the full version with lyrics plays.

I’m so glad you went back to listen to A Stranger I Remain a few times. I absolutely adore that song and I always seem to be the odd one out when talking about favorite MGSR vocal tracks.

His reaction to "Stains of Time" is so priceless that it's on sale 100% off

"It Has To Be This Way" basicly fits the battle that we are fighting against armstrong because the lyric literally says the move and their talking

I never noticed the riff in Hot Wind Blowing is the same as in Collective Consciousness. Completely fits since Khamsin is a patriot that believes he’s fighting for the “freedom” that the lyrics of Collective Consciousness are condemning

I first heard this OST when I was 27 years old, a few months after the game's launch. Good thing, too, because this soundtrack was made _with the express purpose of killing anyone above 40._

The OST for this game is nuts, but it knows what it is and relishes in it. I can respect that.

The main male vocalist here also is currently heavily involved with the Final Fantasy XIV OST. I remember hearing "Footfalls" and being like "I know that voice!" Sam Carter, lead singer of The Architects iirc

The more I watch your live reactions and the reactions of other creators with backgrounds in music, the more I pick up and recognize. Thank you for making stuff like this, it's really insightful for someone like me who is very unfamiliar with music theory.

The faces you make when hearing good music, quite hilarious, love to see such extensive reactions. Most people react to single tracks, you're one of the first i saw to do entire albums.

Making the mother of all cars here, Jack! Can't fret over every color!

this guy just makes the most disgusted look ever whenever he hears a fire part of a song and it's hilarious

The singer on "A Stranger I Remain" is Free Dominguez, who was the lead singer of an industrial metal band in the 2000's called Kidneythieves, their music was featured heavily in the game 'Deus Ex: Invisible War' which made me a fan of them. I only found this out a few years after playing MGR when I watched a live performance of the OST played to promote the game during release (BTW that video isn't amazing, whoever did the audio mixing for the event was a complete moron and completely fucked up the volume levels for the various bands, so some instruments and vocals are RIDICULOUSLY LOUD while others are completely inaudible)

Glad to see you pausing to talk more! You always have interesting things to say! Also, the boss themes are actually dynamically played back inside the game itself. In most cases, the big gimmick is that the game mutes the vocal track until the fight itself enters its last phase, at which point it skips to the chorus at the end of the bar and unmutes the lyrics. Or maybe there's discrete instrumental and vocal versions stored and it swaps them, but still, the effect's the same. The two big exceptions are Only Thing, which starts with the vocals and silences them anytime you make Sam drop his sword, and Has to Be, which also starts with its vocals and goes instrumental anytime _you_ get disarmed. It's worth noting that these two fights are roughly consecutive to each other, and in that order.

Surprisingly, my favorite tracks from this OST are different from everyone else’s from what I’ve seen (but I love the whole OST, bought the album on iTunes) but they’re A Stranger I Remain and Return To Ashes. There’s just something about a female vocalist singing their heart out over what I think is Nu Metal instrumentals that gets the adrenaline going (Casey Lee Williams has the same affect on me in the RWBY OST). And while return to ashes sounds badass in the background in game while you’re fighting, the lyrics go unnoticed by a lot of people compared to the other songs even though I believe they’re among the most relevant not just to the game but also in real life. Just two underrated examples from a legendary soundtrack.

25:34 his instant reaction to stains of time is too funny to me

*"Composed by the famous ToonTown Online composer for the express purpose of killing anyone over 50"*

Devil may cry 5 needs a review next devil trigger, subhuman, voltic black knight, crimson cloud, and most of all Bury The Light are all amazing

I’m glad you covered this. It’s my second favorite video game ost and A Stranger I Remain is my favorite from this ost.

48:27 standing here

He got so distracted by the great vocals in A Stranger I Remain that he had to double back to it. Completely agree! That song stands out so much, her voice is perfect for it

Saddens me that people react to the MUSIC of this game, but rarely pay much attention to the LYRICS, which are brilliantly written for this game.

Few more osts to recommend: No More Heroes 1 and 2 - Rather varied and creative Japanese electronic music, jazz fusion, punk rock and even a bit of pop Transistor - Liquid Drum and Bass meets a jazz singer Silent Hill - All of the ones by Akira Yamaoka, those being almost all with the exception of Downpour and Book of Memories. These soundtracks involve Industrial, Industrial Rock, Ambient, Noiz and Anti-Music Transformers Devastation - Vince DiCola returns to make more Transformers music.

Metal Gear once again proves that it's soundtrack is art, definitely one of my top 3

Everyone’s first reaction to when rules of nature vocals come in: gotta turn this up

Everyone acknowledges that this is perfect for workout

We unironically need more story times with Dan, where he just tells us things in that voice he did at the end of the stream.🤣🤣🤣

HIS FACE WHEN STAINS OF TIME STARTED

the credits low-key made me emotional, it was a combination of how good this song is, knowing there will never be a sequel, and knowing that i had so much fun playing this game

"This next one is called Rules of Nature." **Grabs popcorn*

Fun fact - while he chuckles at the Sundowner garden theme "Mystical Ninja" the name is intentional - it's a reference to Konami's "Ganbare Goemon", or, as the franchise was known stateside - "Legend of the Mystical Ninja"

you're getting a lot better at doing these, love the energy!

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Man walked into Red sun thinking it wasn't God's gift to is world.

MGR Tracks are so amazing I listen to them pretty much daily its just godly

I REALLY love It Has To Be This Way because, the entire time, you can tell it's meant to represent Raiden and Armstrong talking to each other about their ideals. They're both similar and they know this. They both strive for world peace but Armstong is willing to use any needs necessary including using an entire war while Raiden wants to go a different path of this.

bro looks like that one guy in the bee movie

Was looking at the chat, absolutely love the amount of Max0r quotes during the mystical ninja part 😂

My favorite part of the Gaming OST reactions is the way chat reacts with memes for the duration of the ENTIRE video

I love how the later part of collective concuissness the chat was just nanomachines.

I've been interested in checking this game out, and the soundtrack makes me want to go and pick it up all the more.

Great, now all I imagine when hearing these songs is the boss driving back and forth from the mall in a red or green car

The face he made when Stains of Time began made it look like he witnessed a homeless person being eaten by a moose 🗿

Didn't find this till now. MGR:R has definitely left an impact on music tastes for me and MANY others who found the game back when "Rule of Nature" was the meme to quote before and even after "One thing I know for real" and "It has to be this way". I want to make a song like "It has to be this way" for a game one day!!!!

38:00 when I come back from school with out A+ My dad in the over room with the belt

I need to see him react to the DMC5 OST

Mystical Ninja is a reference to the old Goemon titles that the track pulls musical cues from, and the reason The Only Thing I Know for Real is track 2 is because it technically is the second track to play during the main story. It just doesn't have its vocals during that mission since it isn't the last time you fight Sam.

I waited the entire time just to see his reaction to Wham Bam Slam Sams theme.

Yes! I was waiting for this after Calamity. I’ve never even played the game lol but the ost is so good

as a small note, calamity mod was heavily inspired by this game and so was the soundtrack by dm dokuro. roar of the jungle dragon has a lot of parallels with "collective unconscious" and "it has to be this way", which is super cool.

This guy love heavy metal and that why I love him

If you liked this, you should definitely check out the Devil May Cry 5 soundtrack, it's similar but also different from this track. Love this vid please make more!

i love how chat just becomes a hive mind on each song and starts spamming the lyrics

I am having fun watching his expressions.

I love the soundtrack on this game, it’s crazy. I’d also recommend the Devil May Cry 5 soundtrack, it’s super metal.

You should check out the Halo osts, specifically Halo Reach and Halo 3 ODST, they have a mix of Jazz, rock, orchestral and really depressing piano stuff in there lol

I mentioned this ost in one of your videos some time ago, glad you decided to experience this marvellous piece of art.

I'm sure you've been recommended it before, but Ori 1 and 2 both have magnificent and beautiful soundtracks. Also Nier: Gestalt and Replicant remake is almost better than Automata's

most testorone beatdrop: Rules of nature most epic one: the only thing i know for real best one : it has to be this was Really banger: Stains of time

Imagine the reaction he'd get if he heard Bury the Light or Devil Trigger.

I really liked this stream, hearing you talk a lot more during/after the music makes it so much more fun to watch. it was also great hearing you interact with chat at the end. keep it up!

The Calamity Mod soundtrack was inspired by the MGRR soundtrack

50:29 always hits so hard

I would love if you could listen to the Narita Boy soundtrack. It's really good, but basically no one has heard of it sadly. It's like TRON mixed with Daft Punk and It's one of my alltime favorite synth-inspired soundtracks!

ngl the faces he made during the stream added to how good the music is

I love seeing someone get blown away by one of the things I find super exciting and your insights into the workings of the music were really great to hear... since the only thing I could connect it to before was the narrative, visuals and gameplay, but you give a musical context which is awesome.

It has to be this way is probably the greatest final boss theme of all time and is one of the greatest video game songs of all time imo

MGR OST ARE BANGER FR!! Yakuza bosses themes are also legendary, i would recommend it

Now we need DMC5 soundtrack and I will reach totality

Dude this stream looks like a concert from all the soundtrack seeing the chat saying exactly the lyrics just in the moment

Starbreak would be an amazing ost to go through. What you were talking about with variety of key keeping the soundtrack interesting is something that starbreak does amazingly. Not just with the notes, but the instruments between songs change often to give drastically different feelings.

something i like about hot wind blowing is, at the beginning you can hear the guitar play the “Heat of the desert, dust settles on my face. Without a compass, the soldier knows no disgrace.” which you cant unhear once you realize it

Here's a pretty reaction, how exquisite

Rules of nature, red sun, the only thing I know, and it has to be this way are my favourite ❤

His reaction to Stains of Time is priceless😭

MGR:R is my favorite musical

his face during stains of time reminds me of the way I felt first hearing that song. It’s like an adrenaline shot to the veins

WOOOOOOO! YEAH BABY! THATS WHAT IVE BEEN WATING FOR THATS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I wonder if you'll ever do a short reaction to the OST of Dust: An Elysian Tail. It has an amazing soundtrack This was a great video!